Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 485 of 1000: अनाहताब्जनिलयाअनाहताब्ज-निलया · AnāhatābjanilayāAnāhatābja-nilayā

Seated In The Anāhata Lotus

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Artha

What the name means

Her place is the lotus at the heart, named for the sound that no striking produces.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ अनाहताब्जनिलयायै नमः

oṃ anāhatābjanilayāyai namaḥ

om anahatabjanilayayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, anāhatābjanilayā, as part of Shloka 100. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: anāhatābjanilayā

The panel opened here closes at rākiṇyambāsvarūpiṇī, so Rākiṇī is the yoginī of the heart in the hymn; the Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇa gives anāhata to Kākinī instead.

अनाहताब्जनिलयाanāhatābjanilayā

she whose seat is the unstruck lotus

vigraha anāhatābjaṃ nilayo yasyāḥ sā

अनाहताब्जanāhatābja

The Lotus Called Anāhata

vigraha anāhatam iti nāmnā abjam

अनाहतanāhata

unstruck, produced otherwise than by a blow

अब्जabja

Water-Born, The Lotus

vigraha apsu jātam

अप्ap

water

जja

born from

निलयnilaya

resting-place, abode

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 100Names 485–490

अनाहताब्जनिलया श्यामाभा वदनद्वया ।

दंष्ट्रोज्ज्वलाऽक्षमालादिधरा रुधिरसंस्थिता ॥ १०० ॥

anāhatābjanilayā śyāmābhā vadanadvayā

daṃṣṭrojjvalā'kṣamālādidharā rudhirasaṃsthitā

Study the whole shloka: Rākiṇī at the heart: unstruck sound, fangs, a rosary

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
anahatabjanilayaom anahatabjanilayayai namah
ITRANS
anAhatAbjanilayAOM anAhatAbjanilayAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
anAhatAbjanilayAOM anAhatAbjanilayAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
అనాహతాబ్జనిలయాఓం అనాహతాబ్జనిలయాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಅನಾಹತಾಬ್ಜನಿಲಯಾಓಂ ಅನಾಹತಾಬ್ಜನಿಲಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
അനാഹതാബ്ജനിലയാഓം അനാഹതാബ്ജനിലയായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
அனாஹதாப்³ஜநிலயாஓம் அனாஹதாப்³ஜநிலயாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
અનાહતાબ્જનિલયાૐ અનાહતાબ્જનિલયાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
অনাহতাব্জনিলয়াওঁ অনাহতাব্জনিলয়ায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଅନାହତାବ୍ଜନିଲୟାଓଁ ଅନାହତାବ୍ଜନିଲୟାୟୈ ନମଃ